Cormorants (Phalacrocoracidae)
Black-faced Cormorant (Phalacrocorax fuscescens) - HBW 1, p. 347
French: Cormoran de Tasmanie
German: Schwarzgesichtscharbe
Spanish: Cormorán Carinegro
Other common names: Black faced/Black and White Shag, White breasted Cormorant
Taxonomy: Hydrocorax fuscescens Vieillot, 1817, Australasie = Tasmania.
Sometimes alternatively placed in Leucocarbo or Compsohalieus. Monotypic.
Distribution: Coasts of S Australia, with two independent populations: in S Western Australia; and in South Australia, Victoria and Tasmania.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Several adults preening themselves on the rock Locality Adelaide, South Australia, Australia (Monotypic species)
Philip Griffin 13 March 2004 6 years ago 35 sec 3.4 -
A group of adults comfort behaviour Locality Adelaide, South Australia, Australia (Monotypic species)
Philip Griffin 13 March 2004 6 years ago 26 sec 3.2 -
swimming, dives, flies Locality The Neck, Bruny Island, Tasmania, Australia (Monotypic species)
Martin Kennewell 23 January 2012 1 week ago ADDED LAST MONTH 16 sec 3 -
An adult bird resting and stretching its wing Locality Queenscliff, Victoria, Australia (Monotypic species)
Nick Talbot 28 December 2007 3 years ago 7 sec 2.3
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swimming near the Ralphs Bay foreshore
Locality Ralphs Bay, Tasmania, Australia (Monotypic species)
Dirk Tomsa 27 December 2009 31 weeks ago 3.4 -
Two birds standing.
Locality Perth Zoo, Perth, Western Australia, Australia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 29 November 1990 24 weeks ago 3.3 -
bird in breeding plumage
Locality Kangaroo Island, South Australia, Australia (Monotypic species)
Arthur Grosset 3 March 2006 2 years ago 3
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